Feed-bag support.



J. ZWEIGHAFT & L. NAUMAN. FEED BAG SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, 1914. 1 168,043 Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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J. ZWEIGHAFT & L. NAUMAN.

FEED BAG SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7. 1914.

1,168,043; Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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' movable holding members also engaging the operate with'the bearingmember to sustain JEREMIAH ZWEIGHAFT AND LAWRENCE NAUMAN, 0F CRESCO,PENNSYLVANIA;

FEED-BAG SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patefited Jan, 11, 1916.

Application filed December 7, 1914. sriai No. 75,790.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JEREMIAH ZWEIGHAFT and LAWRENCE NAUMAN, citizens ofthe United States, and residing at Cresco, in the county of Monroe andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Feed-Bag Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXactspecification, such as will enable. others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to feed bags for draft animals, and particularlysuch as are supported by the harness of the animal, (as distinguishedfrom bags suspended upon the head of the animal) with the object ofallowing freedom of movement of the animals head into and from the bagand giving ready access to the contents thereof until the same isentirely consumed. Heretofore, somewhat similar devices have been usedbut their construction has involved the employment of buckles, straps,clasps, screws and the like, for supporting the bags upon the harness.Such means, however, have been unsatisfactory, since they required aconsiderable time to place the device in position and removeittherefrom, and generally have been so complicated in their constructionas to materially enhance the cost above that of the ordinary bagsuspended from the animals head.

The principal object of the present invention is to simplify both theconstructiomand manner of application, of a feed bag and support of thecharacter stated and to provide a simple, inexpensive, strong anddurable device that may be quickly placed in position and removedtherefrom, and which, when not in use, will be compact and occupy verylittle space.

lVith these and other objects in view, the

invention consists primarily in a carrying member to which the feed bagis directly connected, having a bearing member at the rear end thereofadapted to bear against the collar of the animal and thereby take themajor portion of the weightand laterally collar and carried by saidbearing member for holding the latter in operative position, thedisposition and point of engagement of the holding members being such asto cothe bag and its carrying member in a substantially horizontalposition from the collar.

A further and important feature of the invention resides in theprovision of means for automatically moving the holding members toclamping engagement with the col lar ofthe animal and normally tendingto hold the same in engagement with the collar.

Provision is also made foradjustably con! necting the feed bag to thecarrying member so that the bag may be positioned and made readilyaccessible by the animal.

Oth'er objects and features of the inven tion consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts which will be made clear as thespecification proceeds.

It is to be understood, however, that structural variations andmodifications may. be made without departing from the scope and spiritof the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings :Figure l'is a perspective view of the invention,illustrating thesame applied to the collar of the animal. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the invention, showing the same adaptedto be folded asillustrated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the'inventionshowing'the same applied to the collar, the latter being shown as takenon line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a front sectional view partly inelevation, taken on line 1-4 of Fig. Fig. 5 isa detail of the manner offastening the bag to its carrying arms. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail ofthe hinged connection between the carrying arms and the bearing member.

Like reference characters denote like parts throughout the specificationand drawings.

Referring in detail to the drawings, A denotes a horse collar and Bdenotes the usual hames seated in the groove C; of the collar to whichthe present invention'is applied.

1 designates apair of spaced and co-ex tending arms the rear endsthereof projecting at an angle so that the rear portion shall extendslightly upward when the device is applied, as shown in Figs. 1 and. 2,and

which are held in'rigid spaced relation by the bridge member 2 securedto each arm and arranged to extend at substantially right-angles theretoto connect the latter. The opposite ends of the bridge 2 are bent toco-eXtend', in part, with the arms and continue in a directionrearwardly and inwardly thereof, having their free extremities so formedas to provide the curved lips 3, as clearly shown in the Figs. 1, 2 and3, to bear against the rounded surfaces of the horse collar A. The partsjust described may be termed a bearing member, since to gether theysupport the major portion of the weight of the device. I

To properly support the device in position, the holding members 4 areprovided, being pivoted at one end, as at P, to the bridge member 2.These holding members 1 are curved outwardly as shown at 5, in Figs. 1,2, 3 and 1 to conform to the contour of the collar A on opposite sidesof the neck of the animal and have their free ends formed with theinwardly extending tongues 6, which are adapted to be inserted betweenthe collar A and the hame B, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and d. v

' Extending from and hingedly connected to the front ends of the arms 1are the spaced and co-extending carrying bars 7 which, as shown in Fig.1, are adapted to extend in a substantially horizontal plane when thedevice is placed in operative position. A feed bag 8 of any preferredtype is adjustably supported upon and between the spaced carrying bars 7by means of the clamps 9, secured to the bag 8, and slidably engagingeach bar. The clamps 9 are provided with thumb screws 10 forfrictionally holding the feed bag in adjusted position on the carryingbars.

The carrying bars 7 and arms 1 are preferably of a light angle ironconstruction. The arms 1 are pivoted on the studs 11 carried by theupright walls of the bars '7 at a point spaced from the rear endsthereof.

The rear extremities of the bars 7 are formed with inwardly extendingportions 12 which act as stops for the hinged members 1 and 7, as shownin Fig. 6, and when the device is in operative or opened position theyform a rigid connection between the hinged parts.

As clearly shown in the drawings the holding members 4 have a laterallysWinging movement and when moved toward each other may be brought intoclamping engagement with the collar A, or, as herein illustrated, withthe hame of the collar. Means are provided for constantly placing theholding members under tension which tend to move the latter toward eachother so as to cause the same to automatically engage the collar A andbe held in clamping engagement therewith.

The automatic tension means shown comprises the two contractile springs18 each connected at one end with one of the holding members 4 and attheir opposite ends with the rigid projection 14 secured to the bridge 2and extending rearwardly therefrom.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that 1,1ee,04.e

we have provided a feed bag support Which is adapted to be sustained inposition on the collar of the horse without necessitating or requiringthe use of springs, buckles or screws to secure the same to the collarthus facilitating the application of the device.

.Also that by the provision of the laterally swinging members 1 thedevice may be applied to horse collars of various types and sizeswithout requiring adjustment or re arrangement of parts.

When the device is to be placed in operative position, all that isnecessary is that the operator shall spread the holding members l,against the action of the springs 13, when, on releasing said members,the tongues 6 of the holding members will spring into place behind thehames of the collar, at opposite sides of the latter; at the same timethe curved lips 3 of the bearing member will be placed upon the innersurface of the collar. Thus adjusted, the bearing member takessubstantially the entire weight of the device, and the holding members,automatically act to retain the device in proper position to be thussupported. The device may be readily removed in the reverse order ofsteps just mentioned and when so removed it may be folded into a.relatively compact article. In use, the feed bag will preferably be ofcollapsible material, so that when the device is folded it may be placedaway and willoccupy very little space.

What we claim is:

1. A. feed-bag support for draft animals, comprising a feed-bag carryingmember, a bearing member connected to said carrying member adapted tobear against the collar of the animal for supporting said carryingmember thereon, and holding means having operative connection with saidbearing member and pivoted for lateral movement to engage said collar,to hold the bearing member in operative position.

2. A. feed-bag support for draft animals, comprising a plurality offeed-bag carrying members, a bearing member secured to said carryingmembers adapted to bear against the collar of the animal for supportingsaid carrying members thereon, pivoted means mounted on said bearingmember and adapted to engage said collar for holding the bearing memberin operative position, and tension means connected to said pivoted means.for automatically moving the latter into engagement with said collar.

3. A feed-bag support for draft animals, comprising a plurality offeed-bag carrying members, a bearing member, including a plurality ofspaced apart bearing arms, connected to said carrying members, adaptedto bear against the collarof the animal for supporting said carryingmembers thereon, said arms being curved to approximately fit an innersurface of the collar, and holding arms connected on said bearing memberand adapted to engage said collar, to hold the bearing member inoperative position.

4:. A feed-bag support for draft animals, comprising a plurality of feedbag carrying members, a bearing member including a plurality of bearingarms secured to said carrying members adapted to bear against the collarof the animal for supporting said carrying members thereon, pivotedmeans mounted on said bearing member and adapted to engage said collarfor holding the bearing member in operative position, and tension meansconnected to said pivoted means for automatically moving the latter intoengagement with said collar.

5. A support for feed bags, comprising a carrying member to which thebag is attached, rigid means connected to said member adapted to looselybear upon a surface of a horse collar and support a portion of the loadthereon, and holding members'movable laterally to engage said collar andhaving operative connection with said bearing means to hold the latterin operative position.

6. A feed-bag support, comprising a carrying member to which the bag isattached, a rigid bearing member connected thereto and adapted to have apart thereof rest loosely upon the inner surface of a horse collar andsupport a portion of the load thereon, and holding members connected tosaid bearing member and movable laterally to engage said collar and holdsaid bearing member in supported position.

7. A feed bag support comprising a carrying member including a pair ofspacedapart bars to which the bag is attached, a bearing memberconnected to said carrying member adapted to have a part thereof restloosely against the inner surface of a horse collar provided with hamesand thus support a portion of the load, holding members connected tosaid bearing member and pivoted for lateral movement relative thereto,and means on the free ends of said holding members adapted to abutagainst the hames of said collar and thus hold said bearing member insupported position.

8. A feed bag support comprising a carrying member including a pair ofspacedapart bars to which the bag is attached, a bearing memberconnected to said carrying member adapted to have a part thereof restloosely against the lower inner portion of a horse collar provided withhames and thus take a portion of the load, holding members connected tosaid bearing member and pivoted thereto for lateral movement relativethereto, means on the free ends of said holding members adapted toabuttingly engage thee-hames of said collar and hold said. bearingmember in supported position, and separate means for retaining saidholding members in operative engagement with said hames.

JEREMIAH ZWEIGHAFT. LA'WRENCE NAUMAN. Witnesses:

M. S. BESUKER, THEO WM. LAKE.

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